Stephen Easthope

Co-founder and director of etc hospitality

Hot on the hooves of the horsemeat scandal, Noma, widely considered to be the world's best restaurant, was discovered to have sent 67 diners home with Norovirus during the month of February. It's not quite what you'd expect from a tasting menu that costs £170 a head

Ryan Cheti

A.K.A Mr Lyan, international cocktail expert

Ordering in a bar is easy; you chat to your bartender or server, and exchange some money for your goods and services. So why am I writing about it? Well, for one, have any of you felt particularly underwhelmed by a bar experience a friend has raved about? This piece is about maximising your chances of having an experience that lives up to this.

Kate McAuley

Lifestyle writer

The East India Company, once a major player on the world stage, has channeled its efforts into producing fine foods. Drawing on its historical legacy, the company produces over 350 beautifully packaged and produced products. Here are four of my favourites.

V.C. Linde

A foodie, reader, poet, crafter and PA.

Food Glorious Food Mitchell Beazley - 2013 Photography: William Shaw & Isabel De Cordova Based on a television programme, Food Glorious Food is...

Jack L. Williams

Barman and head mixologist for Late Night London

So here is my confession: too many women feel they need to drink like men. It's something we see time and time again at the bar, always the flick of the eye towards the other drinks being pulled and then the order for something meaty in a pint glass. When did this happen? What happened to girls being allowed to drink fruity cocktails? Is feminism now brandishing a pint glass rather than a bra?

Amy Murnan

A student with too much time and not enough food

The hunter-gatherer foods that people on the paleo diet reclaim as 'good' foods largely consists of fruits, vegetables, fish, meat, eggs. fungi and nuts - things that, hypothetically, pre-agricultural communities lived on. This means the exclusion of grains, potatoes, legumes, sugar and dairy, or anything else that has to be farmed.

Deborah C Dooley

Journalist and owner of a writer's' retreat. www.retreatsforyou.co.uk

We sat in the kitchen for our writerly discussion. He held a sheaf of A4 paper, covered in typescript while I was armed with my favourite pen and my kitchen reading glasses. I slid them onto my nose, squinting around the scratches and food smudges. Two mugs of tea and a plate of just baked flapjacks sat on the table between us.

Judith Lewis

Judith Lewis judges & blogs about chocolate, is head of search at Beyond, & is the coordinator of London Girl Geek Dinners

Easter, to many, is all about bunnies, chocolate eggs and candy. Chocolate manufacturing is on the decline in the UK so this year I decided to feature British-made eggs. With eggs from one of the best chocolatiers in London to a high street supermarket, there is something for everyone.

Theo Randall

Chef, restaurant owner

This is a very tasty pasta dish because of the sweet tasting red mullet and cherry tomatoes. The addition of the black olives add a saltiness that works really well. The pangratto adds a crunch that makes the whole dish very appetising.

Tomas Rawlings

Design & Production Director at GameTheNews.net

We've been making games about news for a few months now covering a variety of topics, some serious and some less so. This time around we've turned our development gaze onto the horse-meat scandal.

Kate McAuley

Lifestyle writer

Lifestyle writer Kate McAuley learns to cook with the Masterchef.

Henry Dimbleby

Co-founder of Leon restaurants

We live in a country where 30% of children leave school obese or overweight and where we spend £6billion on treating diet related diseases every year. We have a generational skills gap - 60% of 18 to 25 year olds leave home without being able to cook five basic dishes. And it is making us unhealthy and unhappy.

Paul Rankin

Confused chef and sometimes telly cook. Chef patron of Cayenne restaurant. Proud dad.

Do you call your mother mammy? What does "sucking diesel" mean? Are you a flame haired warrior princess or prince? If you know the right answers to these questions you could be more Irish than you think! And now all you St Patrick's Day revellers can find out, just in time for the big day!

Nick Abbot

LBC 97.3 talk show host, DJ and writer.

The thing about Milton Keynes is that it is not quite enough like Singapore. Literally no-one has thought this before. It is an entirely original sentence. You read it here first. It is, however, not my thought.

Inma Martinez

Serial entrepreneur, investor, and corporate advisor

Whilst teenagers and drunk office colleagues are sharing pictures of their naked bits on their mobiles, even posting them to social media, there is another delight quickly climbing to the top of the "things that make you go Hmm" (or "Yumm") in the social media activities: Food-Porn

Tanesha Westcarr

Fashion stylist, multiple business owner, speaker and writer

It's the sorry truth most women can't handle because they are too dishonest with themselves to acknowledge that they have put on too much weight or have poor eating habits. It's time to start owning your fabulousness and your flaws.